The Suess-Urey mission (return of solar matter to Earth)

The Suess-Urey (S-U) mission has been proposed as a NASA Discovery mission to return samples of matter from the Sun to the Earth for isotopic and chemical analyses in terrestrial laboratories to provide a major improvement in our knowledge of the average chemical and isotopic composition of the solar system. The S-U spacecraft and sample return capsule will be placed in a halo orbit around the L1 Sun-Earth libration point for two years to collect solar wind ions which implant into large passive collectors made of ultra-pure materials. Constant Spacecraft-Sun-Earth geometries enable simple spin stabilized attitude control, simple passive thermal control, and a fixed medium gain antenna. Low data requirements and the safety of a Sun-pointed spinner, result in extremely low mission operations costs.     

The effect of head-down tilt on brain potentials related to visual attention

To study the possible effect of simulated weightlessness on brain function state, the brain event-related potentials (ERPs) in a simple visual selective response task were compared between HDT and HUT in 9 normal subjects. The results were: The Target(T) and non-Target(NT) flash signals both induced significant slow positive potentials which were supposed to related to the attention state; the amplitude of the positive potentials in frontal regions decreased significantly especially for NT-ERPs during HDT comprared with that during HUT. The data reported provide new evidence indicating that more attention should be paid on the brain function study during space flight.     

DO 28飞行试验数据一致性检验

 本文研究DO28试验机飞行试验数据一致性检验及其误差校正。建立了由非线性运动学方程及内容广泛的校正环节构成的一致性检验模型,解决了大地风场重构、测量信号时间延迟估计、ψ转换及测量控制信号的校正。为DO28参数估计提供了可靠、准确的飞行试验数据。     

Multistage integration model for human egomotion perception

Human computational vision models that attempt to account for the dynamic perception of egomotion and relative depth typically assume a common three-stage process: first, compute the optical flow field based on the dynamically changing image; second, estimate the egomotion states based on the flow; and third, estimate the relative depth/shape based on the egomotion states and possibly on a model of the viewed surface. We propose a model more in line with recent work in human vision, employing multistage integration. Here the dynamic image is first processed to generate spatial and temporal image gradients that drive a mutually interconnected state estimator and depth/shape estimator. The state estimator uses the image gradient information in combination with a depth/shape estimate of the viewed surface and an assumed model of the viewer's dynamics to generate current state estimates; in tandem, the depth/shape estimator uses the image gradient information in combination with the viewer's state estimate and assumed shape model to generate current depth/shape estimates. In this paper, we describe the model and compare model predictions with empirical data.     

四川振动座谈会在绵阳召开

四川省力学学会、西南结构力学研究所、四川省振动工程学会(筹)于1987年11月4日至7日在绵阳市联合召开了“四川省振动工程学术交流座谈会”。出席代表86人,他们来自中央部属(在川)、省、市20多单位。代表都是在力学、数学、机械、航空、核工程、电子、冶金、化工、电力、建筑、石油、地震等各领域从事振动工程、研究、教学、应用的     

载荷操作控制中心可移植可重用软件——用于高级地面数据系统的模块

哥达德航天飞行中心的任务操作部(MOD)建造了多个供飞行操作小组监控卫星的任务操作中心。通过软件重用减少系统寿命期成本已成为MOD优先考虑的问题。MOD的可移植载荷操作控制中心(TPOCC)开发小组建立了一个庞大的数据库,由14个子系统组成,包括多个可重用通用模块的100000条已交付的源指令。 迄今,已做成9个基于对TPOCC的控制中心,负责支持11颗卫星,软件重用率平均达到75％以上。本文介绍TPOCC模块是如何开发的,以及基本模块开发者、任务操作小组和用户是如何参与开发过程的。     

陶瓷基复合材料防热系统

本文介绍陶瓷基复合材料防热系统。这种防热系统有可能适用于高级热防护系统,即:在空气中,耐1600℃以上高温,并具有抗全天候的能力。这种方案包括陶瓷纤维增强碳化硅桁架结构和面板组成。文中介绍几种结构方案。     

肯尼迪航天中心用于推进剂系统监视的知识库专家系统

液氧加注专家系统是建立实时专家系统的第一次尝试。它能在液体系统分析和故障寻找方面模仿 NASA 系统工程师的思维过程。软件的概述介绍了所使用的技术以及在其它过程控制系统中的可能应用。液氧专家系统现在正处于深入研究阶段,计划在一九八五年底全部完成。     

SDI△181探测器舱的遥控中心

霍普金斯大学应用物理实验室(JHU/APL)设计的在轨探测器舱要完成许多SDI(星球大战)△181计划的重要实验。这些实验需要许多在轨遥控和监视操作,还要动用全球性地面设施网。主要设施是应用物理实验室设计和安装的探测器舱遥控中心(SMCC)。该中心坐落在卡纳维拉尔角空军站(CCAFS),连接到由东靶场、空军卫星控制网(AFSCN)、肯尼迪航天中心和西靶场设施组成的地面网上。 由于该任务很复杂,给SMCC的设计、建造和操作带来一系列挑战。本文介绍SM-CC功能设计方案以及地面支持网遥测和遥控方面的一些特殊问题。     

欧洲数据中继系统的中继卫星

欧洲准备从90年代中期开始部暑在轨基础设施(IOI),其主要组成是各种哥伦布极轨平台(服务于各种对地观测任务,Envisat—1和Metop—1),对接在自由号空间站上的哥伦布固连实验室,尤里卡和SPOT—4。 该IOI的一个重要部分将是数据中继系统(DRS),它将由两颗同步定点工作星(位于西经44°和东经59°上空)组成,其任务是完成低地球轨道(LEO)航天器和地面之间的通信。 本文介绍DRS通信系统的关键特性以及当前勾划的DRS卫星基本结构。